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Bell
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bell bèll bell'
English
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Pronunciation
en /bɛl/
en ɛl 1
en bell belle
Proper noun
~ s
en of Scottish and northern English origin for a bell ringer, bellmaker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)."
en-US https://theonion.com/disgruntled-bandmates-worried-rivers-cuomo-s-wife-becom-1819577836/ Disgruntled Bandmates Worried Rivers Cuomo’s Wife Becoming The Fifth Weezer w:The Onion 2015-06-01 2025-12-09 The Onion Staff “As far as I’m concerned, wives come and go, but Weezers are forever. And if Rivers Cuomo doesn’t realize that, then maybe he just doesn’t understand what being a Weezer is all about.” At press time, an increasingly frustrated Bell had reportedly announced plans to split off from the group and pursue projects as a solo Weezer. https://web.archive.org/web/20240427001757/https://theonion.com/disgruntled-bandmates-worried-rivers-cuomo-s-wife-becom-1819577836/
The Bell telephone company (after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
en male surnames occasional.
en female Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century.
en 1852 Herman Melville Pierre; or The Ambiguities Here, Isabel, here is the good gentleman’s handkerchief; keep it for him now, till he comes to see little Bell again.
en 1857 w:Charles Dickens s:The Perils of Certain English Prisoners 1 I found that her Christian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased non-commissioned officer was Tott. Being the kind of neat little woman it was natural to make a toy of—I never saw a woman so like a toy in my life—she had got the plaything name of Belltott. In short, she had no other name on the island.
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Los Angeles County s/California.
en town co/Gilchrist County s/Florida.
en ucomm co/Logan County s/Illinois.
en CDP co/Adair County s/Oklahoma.
en town co/Bayfield County s/Wisconsin.
en Three <<townships>> in <<s/Pennsylvania>>.
en village p/Eastern Cape c/South Africa.
en village in the city:Pref/Blue Mountains s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en rural town in r:Suf/Western Downs s/Queensland c/Australia.
en municipality dist/de:Mayen-Koblenz s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany.
en municipality dist/de:Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis s/Rhineland-Palatinate.
Derived terms
en Bell Park Bell Post Hill Baby Bell Bellville Bell County Bellhead Bell Island Bell pair Bell River Bell shot Bell state Ma Bell Port Bell
Noun
en US Canada a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.
See also
en Bell Plain
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bell is the 106th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 220,599 individuals. Bell is most common among White (61.11%) and Black (32.35%) individuals.
en diminutives of female given names surnames from occupations calculator words